In the deal, Jennings receives a three-year, $24 million contract. Jennings had previously demanded a salary of $12 million in negotiations with the Bucks, a move that brought their talks to a standstill.

Jennings sought a deal that matched contracts given to Stephen Curry, Ty Lawson and Jrue Holiday, who all signed with their respective teams for deals in the $41-48 million range over four years. Holiday has since been traded to the New Orleans Pelicans.

In this scenario, however, Jennings falls a year and a couple million per year short of what he expected. The market helped dictate that Jennings was not going to get the type of payday he wanted, since teams were either scared away by his sometimes unpredictable decision-making or the fact that Milwaukee could match any offer extended to him.

For Milwaukee to decide to move Jennings is no surprise at this point. The team attempted to sign restricted free agent Jeff Teague, only to have the Atlanta Hawks match their four-year, $32 million offer. Teague was interested in the idea of playing for his former coach, Larry Drew, who will take over in Milwaukee this season.

Jennings is latest of several big-name additions for Detroit. They signed Josh Smith to a four-year, $54 million deal and brought back point guard Chauncey Billups. Those players would join young talent in Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe.